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Does bigger mean better? British perspectives on American cancer treatment and research, 1948 (2007)
Journal Article
Toon, E. (2007). Does bigger mean better? British perspectives on American cancer treatment and research, 1948. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25(36), 5831-5834. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2007.14.2448

In the summer of 1948, a delegation representing the British Empire Cancer Campaign (BECC) toured North American cancer treatment and research facilities, and reported their observations back to their organization's executive board. This historical a... Read More about Does bigger mean better? British perspectives on American cancer treatment and research, 1948.

"Cancer as the General Population Knows It": Knowledge, Fear, and Lay Education in 1950s Britain (2007)
Journal Article
Toon, E. (2007). "Cancer as the General Population Knows It": Knowledge, Fear, and Lay Education in 1950s Britain. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 81(1), 116-138

This article examines British medical debates about cancer education in the 1950s, debates that reveal how those responsible for cancer control thought about the public and their relationship to it, and what they thought the new political economy of... Read More about "Cancer as the General Population Knows It": Knowledge, Fear, and Lay Education in 1950s Britain.